MORE MONEY FOR ON-LINE TESTING?

More money to support the biggest boondoggle in the history of education?

There is zero research supporting the value of on-line testing, and no
plans to do even small scale studies. The amount of money on-line
testing will cost will be staggering and will increase dramatically.
Every student has to have access to an modern computer with up-to-date
capacity, and just to keep up with changes, the computers will have to
be replaced every three years and the entire infra-stucture might have
to be altered or replaced. Moreover, we are increasing the amount of
required testing far beyond NCLB levels, a move that also has no support
in the research.

All this at a time when budgets are strained,
and there is little or no money for essentials, for things that have
been consistently shown to help students.